DX LISTENING DIGEST 5-205, November 29, 2005
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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NEXT AIRING OF WORLD OF RADIO Extra 63:
Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985
AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1295:
Days and times here are strictly UT.
Wed 2300 WOR WBCQ 7415 [first airing of each edition]
Thu 0000 WOR WBCQ 18910-CLSB
Thu 0900 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2
Thu 1900 WOR KLC
Thu 2130 WOR WWCR 7465
Thu 2200 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2
Fri 0030 WOR R. Veronica 106.5
Fri 0100 WOR WTND-LP 106.3 Macomb IL
Fri 0200 WOR ACBRadio Mainstream [repeated 2-hourly thru 2400]
Fri 2000 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2
Fri 2100 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Sat 1700]
Sat 0500 WOR VoiceCorps Reading Service, WOSU-FM subcarrier, cable
Sat 0900 WOR WRN to Eu, Au, NZ, WorldSpace AfriStar, AsiaStar
Sat 0955 WOR WNQM Nashville TN 1300
Sat 1100 WOR WPKN Bridgeport CT 89.5 & WPKM Montauk LINY 88.7
Sat 1700 WOR R. Veronica 106.5
Sat 1830 WOR WRN to North America
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 0000 WOR Radio Studio X 1584 http://www.radiostudiox.it/
Sun 0330 WOR WWCR 5070
Sun 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB
Sun 0600 WOR World FM, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand 88.2
Sun 0730 WOR WWCR 3215
Sun 0930 WOR WRN to North America, also WLIO-TV Lima OH SAP
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 0930 WOR KSFC Spokane WA 91.9
Sun 0930 WOR WXPR Rhinelander WI 91.7 91.9 100.9
Sun 0930 WOR WDWN Auburn NY 89.1 [unconfirmed]
Sun 0930 WOR KTRU Houston TX 91.7 [occasional]
Sun 1400 WOR WRMI 7385
Sun 1400 WOR KRFP-LP Moscow ID 92.5
Sun 1830 WOR WRN1 to North America
[including Sirius Satellite Radio channel 140]
Sun 2000 WOR RNI
Sun 2230 WOR WRMI 7385 [temporarily]
Mon 0400 WOR WBCQ 9330-CLSB
Mon 0430 WOR WSUI Iowa City IA 910
Mon 1900 WOR RFPI [repeated 4-hourly thru Tue 1500]
Wed 0030 WOR WBCQ 7415 [usually but temporary]
Wed 0100 WOR CJOY INTERNET RADIO plug-in required
Wed 1030 WOR WWCR 9985
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** AUSTRALIA. G'day Glenn, R. Australia's current (and correct)
Frequency Guide is now available at
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pdf/frequency.pdf
Thanks to Nigel Holmes, RA TX Manager (Ian Johnson, Australian Radio
DX Club, http://ardxc.fl.net.au Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. NEW PHOTOS OF RADIO IN BOLIVIA NOW ONLINE
George Lessard, who runs the excellent Creative Radio mailing list,
writes: I am in La Paz, Bolivia for another two weeks as a volunteer
under a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) funded
program with the Canadian Executive Service Organization. I've
discovered that there are (at least) 700 low power community radio
stations in the country. Some say that there might be over 2,000
stations if you count the unlicensed stations.
The Bolivian client I am working with is Radio Illimani, the Bolivian
government's national radio network. I've taken some pictures of their
facilities to illustrate their current state of affairs. I've put them
online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1386400/
I am helping them look for a partner that's interested in helping them
move from their former position of propaganda voice of the government
to a true public broadcaster servicing the needs of the Bolivian
people.
I've also had the pleasure of visiting Radio Wayna Tambo, a much
respected community radio station that make a great impact on the La
Paz suburb of El Alto with theatrical performances in its studios, art
classes in cartooning, music CD production of local traditional Andean
indigenous and contemporary music. It is an excellent example of a
socially relevant community radio station committed to the development
of the community is serves. I've put a few pictures of the station
online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1404505/
with links to the station's website.
The RADIO ERBOL Network is a co-operative community radio network that
has more members with transmitters than Radio Illimani and broadcasts
not only in Spanish, but also in all the Bolivian indigenous
languages. Photos of its La Paz studios with links to its website are
at http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1404386/
The Bolivian hotbed of much of this community media work is El
Servicio de Capacitación en Radio y Televisión para el Desarrollo
(SECRAD), es la entidad de la Universidad Católica Boliviana (U.C.B.)
where I was privileged to be invited to give a guest lecture on the
use of the internet for their first year students.
# posted by Andy @ 15:35 Nov 29 (Media Network blog via DXLD) q.v. for
more links; very nice slideshows (gh)
** CANADA. CANADIANS WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR RCI ON SIRIUS SATELLITE
RADIO FROM THURSDAY
CBC/Radio-Canada and Sirius Satellite Radio have announced that, from
its launch day on Thursday 1 December, Sirius Satellite Radio Canada
will carry Radio Canada International (RCI) in English, French,
Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese, which
will also be enhanced by shows from partner stations in Canada and
around the globe.
"Canadian demographics are evolving, and the public broadcaster must
provide radio that reflects such changes. RCI is the ideal service to
round out a radio offering that will reach Canadians effectively.
Until now, only our foreign listeners had access to RCI. Now RCI will
be heard in Canada from coast to coast as well," says Sylvain
Lafrance, Executive Vice-President, French Services, CBC/Radio-Canada.
Sirius Satellite Radio Canada
http://www.siriusradiocanada.com/Home-e.htm
Radio Canada International http://www.rcinet.ca
# posted by Andy @ 17:23 UT Nov 29 (Media Network blog via DXLD)
REALLY???!!! Until now Canadians could not hear RCI on SW, internet or
satellite?? How could Sylvain Lafrance be so ignorant about basics?
See also INTERNATIONAL VACUUM (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Fat not funny on CFRB (1010-AM) --- By GUY DIXON, Tuesday,
November 29, 2005 Posted at 3:29 AM EST, Globe and Mail
Last Monday evening, talk-radio host Michael Coren on Toronto's CFRB
apparently crossed one too many lines, even by the standards of
evening AM-radio call-in shows, and it cost him his job.
During a segment that station general manager Pat Holiday said lasted
about five minutes or so, Coren -- a veteran talk-radio host, TV
personality and newspaper columnist known to court controversy --
interviewed a man from New Jersey who was said to have lost 100 pounds
after previously weighing more than 500.
Coren mocked him on the air for not losing more and even joked about
whether he could find his wife in bed, Holiday said. He later
pretended to quote the Bible by saying that the gates of heaven
weren't wide enough for obese people.
Holiday wasn't listening at the time, but received a slew of angry e-
mails from listeners that night. Reviewing a recorded portion of the
interview the next morning, he was astonished by Coren's offensive
remarks.
Yet as it turns out, the interview was staged. The caller was
fictitious, although there was no mention on air before or after the
segment that it was made up, Holiday said.
Despite the questionable practice of staging the interview, Coren's
remarks were still unusually heated and offensive. "What was so
strange was this never had to happen because the whole thing was
staged [by Coren]," Holiday said.
Talk-show hosts commonly have to be cautioned not to get too personal
during the heat of talk-radio arguments, Holiday said. Coren had been
previously warned about being too offensive and about staging at least
one interview.
There is a grey area in radio, Holiday said, about staging interviews.
"It's not uncommon to have morning shows doing it a lot. They'll have
fake callers, and it would be a [comedy] bit or something. But CFRB is
a talk station. It's a different animal. We don't want people doing
that here."
Coren, responding by e-mail when asked to comment, said only that, "It
has been gratifying to receive more than a thousand e-mails of support
since last Wednesday." A week ago Monday evening was his last show,
CFRB said, but a memo circulated at the station last Wednesday about
his departure.
Holiday noted that the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council simply
draws the line at overly offensive remarks, even if it's a case "where
someone says it's just a joke, we were just fooling around -- which
Michael thought he was doing, or at least he said he thought he was
doing." (via Harry van Vugt, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, DXLD) Why don`t
stories like this ever mention CFRX-6070? (gh, DXLD)
** CHINA. CHINA ON THE 18 MHZ AMATEUR BAND
As a radio amateur (VK3BCY) I was of course interested and angry that
China was reported on 18160 kHz so I immediately switched my radio on
to hear it extremely loud and clear just after 0700 Nov 29. Reception
from there is very strong today so I tuned slowly across the 25 21 19
and 16m bands and found the same Chinese program in parallel on 11795
13650 13765 and 15375. There are many different Chinese program
streams coming in at the moment but switching back and forth between
the two VFOs on my Yaesu FT-920 I was careful to eliminate the other
programs from my search. Who do we chase up to get this intruder out?
(Morrison Hoyle, Vic., WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Morrison, This one may present a problem, as China has not
demonstrated any concern about interference it causes within the
bands, let alone outside the broadcast bands. Don`t WIA have an
intruder watch program? I also forward to Wolfgang Bueschel, who is in
touch with the DARC intruder watchers. 73, (Glenn to Morrison, via
DXLD)
18160, CRI [sic] heard today at 0947! Thanks for the tip, David, I'd
almost given up hearing any harmonics [sic] at this point in the
cycle. There was an unID on 19040 [2 x 9520?], but I couldn't even
work out the language (Tim Bucknall, UK, Nov 29, Icom R75, Wellbrooke
ALA 1530 loop, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DXLD)
** ECUADOR. Nov 29 at 1515 not much propagating on 13m except BBC
Ascension 21470 and South Africa 21490 --- and HCJB on 21455-USB, in
Low German, a lot like Dutch. I wonder what kind of audience this 1 kW
broadcast has in Europe (and the South Pacific!). Probably a bit less
than the Low German an hour later with 100 kW via Germany on 3955, per
current schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio has rebuilt and designed new
Finnish/English homepages. These pages includes lot of information of
our station. Please visit and leave your comments to our discussion
forum. http://www.swradio.net Best Greetings, (Alpo Heinonen,
Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Nov 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Xmas special
coming up Dec 24-25, and I assume as well as first Sat of Dec, from
2200 UT Fri (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DXLD)
** GERMANY. DW German frequency change --- I've been informed by DW
that starting from 01 Dec, between 1200-1400 UT, 13590 will replace
the old frequency of 17480 kHz (YC "Yogesh" Mar, Australia, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII. Frequency change for KWHR Angel 3 in English from Nov. 21:
1200-1400 NF 12130 WHR 100 kW / 285 deg to SoEaAs, ex 11520
(Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 29 via DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR New test transmissions on 9425 kHz -- From 28th Nov 2005
AIR has started test transmission on 9425 carrying FM Rainbow programs
during 0130-0530 & 0930-1230 UT. 9425 kHz is carrying National Channel
Programmes during 1320-0040. AIR wants reception reports from various
parts of the country. QSL will be issued immediately on this
monitoring (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Nov 29, dx_india via WORLD OF
RADIO 1295, DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL. U.K.(and non): Updated B-05 schedule for VT
Communications relays:
Radio Prague
0000-0027 on 11665 ASC 250 kW / 245 deg to SoAm in Spanish
0400-0427 on 6100 SAC 250 kW / 268 deg to NoAm in English
2330-2357 on 9660 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm in Spanish
China Radio International
0000-0057 on 9745 BON 250 kW / 290 deg to CeAm in Spanish
1100-1357 on 15540 SGO 100 kW / 045 deg to SoAm in
Portuguese/Chinese/English
1500-1757 on 6100 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf in English
1800-1857 on 6100 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf in Chinese
2100-2157 on 17645 SGO 100 kW / 045 deg to SoAm in Portuguese
Gospel for Asia
0000-0130 on 6145 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in SoEaAs langs
1230-1330 on 15515 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in SoEaAs langs
1400-1500 on 15215 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs in SoEaAs langs
1600-1630 on 9785 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in SoEaAs langs
2300-2400 on 6040 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in SoEaAs langs
Bible Voice Broadcasting Network
0015-0130 on 6020 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in Hindi
0030-0045 on 6020 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs in Telugu Sat
0030-0100 on 6010 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in Hindi Mon-Thu
0030-0100 on 6010 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in English Fri-Sun
0030-0100 on 6040 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in Bengali
Voice of Vietnam
0100-0130 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm in English
0130-0230 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm in Vietnamese
0230-0330 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm in English/Spanish
0330-0430 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to NoAm in English/Spanish
0430-0530 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAm in Vietnamese
1800-1830 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu in English
1830-1930 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu in Vietnamese
1930-2000 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu in French
2000-2030 on 5970 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg to EaEu in Russian
2030-2130 on 5970 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg to EaEu in Vietnamese
Hmong Lao Radio
0100-0200 on 15260 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to Asia in Laotian Wed/Fri
Adventist World Radio
0100-0200 on 15445 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to Asia in Vietnamese Sat
0300-0330 on 9550 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf in Oromo
0300-0400 on 9760 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf in Amharic/Tigrigna
1200-1300 on 15110 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to EaAs in Indonesian/English
1300-1330 on 11720 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs in Chinese Mon-Fri
1300-1330 on 11720 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs in Uiyghur Sat/Sun
1330-1400 on 11720 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs in Chinese
1400-1500 on 11695 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to Asia in Vietnamese
1500-1600 on 11695 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg to SoAs in Punjabi/Hindi
1500-1600 on 9530 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg to SoAs in Nepali/English
1730-1800 on 6180 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf in Oromo
Radio Solh/Radio Peace
0200-1200 on 11675 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs in Dari/Pashto
1200-1500 on 15265 RMP 500 kW / 085 deg to WeAs in Dari/Pashto
1500-1800 on 9875 RMP 500 kW / 080 deg to WeAs in Dari/Pashto
Sudan Radio Service in English/Arabic/Others
0300-0500 on 7120 WOF 300 kW / 126 deg to EaAf Mon-Fri
0500-0600 on 9525 WOF 300 kW / 126 deg to EaAf Mon-Fri
1500-1700 on 15575 WOF 300 kW / 126 deg to EaAf Mon-Fri
1700-1800 on 11705 WOF 300 kW / 126 deg to EaAf Mon-Fri
Radio France International
0400-0458 on 7270 ASC 250 kW / 114 deg to SoAf in French
0400-0658 on 15210 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg to CeAf in French
0600-0658 on 9865 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf in English/French
0600-0658 on 17770 KIG 250 kW / 280 deg to CeAf in French
1200-1228 on 15275 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf in English
1600-1628 on 6010 DB 250 kW / 180 deg to WeAs in Pashto
1600-1628 on 7170 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs in Pashto
1800-1858 on 5995 TAC 100 kW / 255 deg to WeAs in Persian
1800-1858 on 6015 DHA 250 kW / 340 deg to WeAs in Persian
Radio Okapi
0400-0600 on 11690 MEY 250 kW / 342 deg to Congo in French/Lingala
1600-1700 on 11890 MEY 250 kW / 330 deg to Congo in French/Lingala
WYFR
0500-0600 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu in German
1400-1600 on 15520 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in Hindi/English
1600-1700 on 12010 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in English
1700-1800 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu in English
1700-1800 on 9530 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg to ME in Arabic
1700-1800 on 21680 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAf in English
1800-1900 on 7240 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg to ME in English
1800-1900 on 9660 SKN 300 kW / 140 deg to ME in Arabic
1900-2000 on 5965 RMP 300 kW / 110 deg to ME in Arabic
1900-2005 on 9660 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to EaAf in Swahili
1900-2100 on 3230 MEY 100 kW / non-dir to SoAf in English
2000-2200 on 15195 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf in English
2030-2130 on 11985 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf in French
2100-2200 on 11655 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to SoAf in English
2115-2315 on 11875 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf in English
KBS World Radio
0700-0800 on 9535 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to WeEu in Korean
1800-1900 on 7235 RMP 500 kW / 062 deg to EaEu in Russian
1900-2000 on 7180 RMP 500 kW / 168 deg to NoAf in Arabic
2000-2130 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu in German/English
2000-2100 on 5955 SKN 250 kW / 150 deg to WeEu in French
West Africa Democracy Radio effective Nov. 28
0700-0900 on 12000 WOF 300 kW / 195 deg to WeAf in English/French
0900-1100 on 17860 WOF 300 kW / 195 deg to WeAf in English/French
[is the 17860 broadcast already going? Supposedly not till Jan, Abdou
Lo said before --- gh]
Star Radio Liberia
0700-0900 on 9525 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to CeAf in English
2100-2200 on 11960 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to CeAf in English
UNMEE
0900-1000 on 17670 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg to EaAf in English/Others Sun
1030-1130 on 17565 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg to EaAf in English/Others Tue
[this item: WORLD OF RADIO 1295]
Eternal Good News
1130-1145 on 15525 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs in English Fri
Trans World Radio Africa
1300-1315 on 13745 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf in Afar Fri/Sat
1800-1830 on 12035 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf in Amharic Mon-Fri
1800-1845 on 12035 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf in Amharic Sat/Sun
Radio Sea Breeze/Shiokaze
1430-1500 on 5890 IRK 100 kW / 125 deg to KRE in Japanese
Little Saigon Radio
1500-1530 on 7380 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to Asia in Vietnamese
United Nations Radio
1700-1715 on 7170 MEY 100 kW / 076 deg to SoAf in French Mon-Fri
1700-1715 on 9565 SKN 300 kW / 180 deg to NoAf in French Mon-Fri
1700-1715 on 21535 MEY 500 kW / 342 deg to WeAf in French Mon-Fri
1730-1745 on 7170 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to EaAf in English Mon-Fri
1730-1745 on 9565 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to EaAf in English Mon-Fri
1730-1745 on 17810 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf in English Mon-Fri
1830-1845 on 7260 RMP 500 kW / 105 deg to EaAf in Arabic Mon-Fri
1830-1845 on 7260 RMP 500 kW / 168 deg to NoAf in Arabic Mon-Fri
[English from this item: WORLD OF RADIO 1295]
Leading The Way
1700-1730 on 7290 RMP 500 kW / 095 deg to WeAs in Persian Tue/Fri
1700-1730 on 7290 RMP 500 kW / 080 deg to RUS in Russian Sat/Sun
HCJB
1700-1730 on 9805 RMP 500 kW / 061 deg to EaEu in Russian
2100-2230 on 12025 SAC 250 kW / 073 deg to NoAf in Arabic
Eglise du Christ
1900-1930 on 7260 WOF 300 kW / 180 deg to NoAf in French Thu
Radio Taiwan International
1900-2000 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 175 deg to WeEu in French
1900-2000 on 6170 DHA 250 kW / 325 deg to WeEu in German
Voice of Biafra International
2100-2200 on 7380 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to WeAf in English Wed/Sat
(Observer, Bulgaria, Nov 29 via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. WORLDOMETERS === This is a rather
interesting display, with constantly updated statistics. Just visit
the site and watch the figures change. http://www.worldometers.info/
(via Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia, Nov Radio HF
Internet Newsletter via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Glenn, I noticed on Nov. 28 that the lineup
for the new Sirius Satellite Radio service to Canada has been posted
on its Canadian website --- either
http://www.siriusradiocanada.com/Channels-et.htm or
http://www.sirius-canada.ca/Channels-et.htm
Ten channels with Canadian content will be added:
93 - bandeapart – a Radio-Canada channel dedicated to the best
emerging Francophone pop, rock, electronica, hip-hop, punk and world
music.
94 - CBC Radio 3 – dedicated to Canada’s burgeoning indie music and
culture scene and the place to discover the best in new Canadian music
first.
95 - Iceberg Radio – commercial free Canadian Rock provided by
Standard Broadcasting and programmed by leading Canadian music
programmer Liz Janik.
137 - CBC Radio One – Canada’s top-rated radio news and information
source, featuring national and international headlines, in-depth
business, political and arts reports and award-winning documentaries.
138 - Première Plus – A Radio-Canada channel providing French language
daily reports and magazines covering news, current affairs and culture
at home and abroad.
186 - Hardcore Sports Radio – A Score Media channel delivering
"hardcore" fans the sports info they need, whenever they want it.
187 - Infoplus – All French language news 24 hours a day, combining
the best of Radio-Canada and public broadcasters from around the
world, including Radio France Internationale.
188 - RCI Plus – Radio Canada International programming for Canadians
in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian
and Mandarin, which will be enhanced by programs from around the
globe. [what does that mean? See also CANADA]
192 - Rock Velours – A French-language channel playing the best
Canadian soft rock provided by Astral.
193 - Energie2 – A French-language channel playing pop, modern rock
and urban music in both French and English provided by Astral.
According to their website, these channels will be available to
subscribers in the US as well as Canada. I also noticed a few channels
on the US lineup are not on the Canadian list, like the liberal and
conservative talk channels, the Fox News channel, NPR Talk, Radio
Korea, the 2 Howard Stern channels, and a couple of music channels. I
can't find an exact date as to when the Canadian service will commence
- just that it's "set to launch very soon." Later, (Steve Cline,
Indianapolis, IN, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[Later:] Glenn, Sirius Canada has the launch date posted on its web
site; December 1. I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned on Sirius' US
site, which makes me wonder, even though the Canada site says the new
Canadian channels can be heard anywhere you travel in North America,
if these channels will only be available to Canadian subscribers only
and blocked to US subscribers. To be continued (Steven Cline,
Indianapolis, IN, Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SIRIUS CANADA LINEUP IS NOW OFFICIALLY POSTED
From the Sirius Canada website:
http://www.sirius-canada.ca/Channels-et.htm
The numbers assigned to the channels are the same as in the USA...so
we in the USA should look for the following specific channels:
94 CBC Radio 3
137 CBC Radio One
188 RCI Multilingual
Interestingly the Canadian service also will get WRN (140) and the
BBCWS news-based service (141); Sirius Canada listeners will get NPR
Now (134) but not NPR Talk nor PRI World (Richard Cuff / Allentown,
PA, Nov 29, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Dishing it out --- Man beams [sic] 5,000
radio, TV channels with a dozen satellite receivers
By Amelia A. Pridemore, Register-Herald Reporter Published: November
27, 2005 11:33 pm
http://www.register-herald.com/cnhi/registerherald/homepage/local_story_331233330.html
Are 20 movie channels on demand just not enough?
Do constant reruns of ``I Love the `80s`` on VH1 have you ready to
gouge out your eyeballs?
Then come to Al Jessup`s house — where his 5,000-plus radio and
television stations from around the world beamed in by his 12
satellite dishes are bound to keep you entertained somehow.
Since 1998, the Beckley [WV] resident has amassed a collection of 12
dishes around his James Street home. He said he first just began
subscribing to Direct TV and Dish Network, but he later learned that
by purchasing special satellite receivers he could receive ``free to
air`` programming from several different satellites swirling the
globe. The information on how to adjust a dish and set up a receiver
to pick up programming from these stations such as Galaxy 10, AMC 2
and Telestar 5 is included with these receivers.
``Up in the sky, there`s lots of free stuff,`` he said.
Over the years, the 54-year-old disabled former ice cream salesman
collected more and more dishes so he could pick up more and more
``free to air`` channels. Neighbors, he said, never complained about
his large display of dishes in front of his house. In fact, some of
his dishes were hand-me-downs from his neighbors.
The last time he counted, he received more than 5,000 channels. He has
stopped counting since.
Now, he picks up local stations from Wyoming, Arkansas, Florida,
Louisiana, Tennessee and Ohio, he said. Being a former resident of
both Tennessee and New Orleans, he does like to watch the local news
from there, just to see what is happening.
``New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, you name it,`` Jessup said. ``I
get everything but Alaska. But if I pointed something toward Alaska,
I`d probably get Alaska.
``... I can scoot one over and see what`s going on in Ohio ... or the
U.S. Virgin Islands.``
His Beckley home would likely rival most government communications
centers. Not only does he pick up stations from across the country,
but across the world as well. He picks up stations from Jordan, Iraq,
Iran, Jerusalem and other foreign locations.
``Sometimes they speak English, and sometimes they don`t,`` he said.
``You never know.
``It`s just interesting to watch stations from far away.``
In his home, Jessup has three television sets, and only one gets the
plethora of stations. The other two, he said, just receive his
programming from his Direct TV and Dish Network subscriptions.
Because the programming is free, it changes regularly, he noted.
Sometimes, a program he likes will disappear and something he dislikes
will be put in its place, or vice versa. For example, he once had
three ABC stations from Wyoming only to have it reduced to one.
``One day it may be here, the next day it may be gone, the next day it
may be back,`` he said. ``You never know.``
Jessup said some programming includes things he likes, like racing or
music, and some of it is, well, ``weird.``
Soon, he plans to add a 13th dish to his collection, he said. He may
later get a ``fancy`` satellite dish that is basically like 16 dishes
in one. This could eliminate some of the dishes outside his house — or
enable him to get even more channels.
``I could point them toward the east where there`s a bunch of
satellites running around,`` he said. ``I don`t know what I would get
there.`` (via Edgar Thomas, dxldyg via DXLD)
** IRAN. V. of Justice, Tehran, English hour at 0130 to NAm on 6120
and 9665 (Bob Thomas, CT, Nov 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ITALY. Rai, Roma, English at 0055-0110 to NAm is still on 11800 but
propagation has been absolutely terrible. I did hear them scratching
with usual news followed by music (Bob Thomas, Bridgeport CT, Nov 22,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Les transcribo dos cartas recibidas hoy mismo de La
Presidencia de la República en respuesta a la solicitud para que se
reactive Radio México Internacional; me ha sorprendido mucho que
alguien se haya tomado la molestia de escribir dos cartas para dar
respuesta a una protesta. En fin si pueden sacar alguna conclusión de
esto, sería muy interesante. Atentamente (José Miguel Romero, Spain,
Nov 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Palacio Nacional, a 07 de octubre de 2005, Folio: 201441160-59
Estimado José Miguel: El Presidente Vicente Fox recibió la carta en la
que solicita apoyo a fin de que se tome en cuenta su petición sobre la
reactivación de Radio México Internacional.
El Presidente me dio instrucciones para que enviemos a la Secretaría
de Comunicaciones y Transportes, una copia de su petición a fin de que
ahí se vea la forma de poder ayudarle.
Más adelante dicha instancia le enviará una respuesta sobre su asunto,
de la cual estaremos pendientes para informarle al Presidente.
Atentamente, El Coordinador de la Red Federal, de Servicio a la
Ciudadanía, Benigno Aladro Fernández.
Nota: Para solicitar información de su asunto, favor de comunicarse
al teléfono 01-800-2219-567. En su respuesta favor de mencionar el
Folio: 201441160-59
Palacio Nacional, a 07 de octubre de 2005
C. Arq. Pedro Cerisola y Weber, Secretario de Comunicaciones y
Transportes
En virtud de corresponder al área de su responsabilidad de la
dependencia a su digno cargo, me permito enviar a usted, para su
atención, el asunto dirigido al Presidente de los Estados Unidos
Mexicanos por el Sr. José Miguel Romero, quien solicita apoyo a fin de
que se tome en cuenta su petición sobre la reactivación de Radio
México Internacional.
Le agradeceré se sirva comunicarnos la resolución correspondiente al
caso. Asimismo, aprovecho la oportunidad para reiterarle las
seguridades de mi atenta y distinguida consideración. Atentamente
El Coordinador de la Red Federal de Servicio a la Ciudadanía
Benigno Aladro Fernandez c.c.p. Sr José Miguel Romero
Palacio Nacinal, Edificio 10 1er.Piso, Col. Centro, Delegación
Cuauhtémoc C.P. 06067 México, DF (via Romero, ibid.) Pro forma (gh)
** MEXICO [and non]. BONILLA SIDE NOTE II --- A number of readers have
asked for the web link to the San Diego Union-Tribune story on the
XHBCE-FM telephone stunt mentioned in CGC #713 where a radio prank
could have resulted in physical injury or worse. The web address,
unavailable at the time of publication, follows:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051110/news_1c10luis.html
(via CGC Communicator via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. KFOR-TV anchor lost a bet on the OU/OSU football game and
had to ascend the station`s 1400-foot tower to wave the winning team`s
flag. Yes, another stupid ballgame stunt, but some nice video of what
it`s like to go up such a tower in a cramped elevator. It was on the
10 pm news Nov 28 and noon news Nov 29, but no video clip found
anywhere on http://www.kfor.com --- could show up later, maybe. There
is a file for the 10 pm news, perhaps replaced every 24 hours, but it
only covers the first 10 minutes, and this was 15 or 20 minutes into
the show (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. RRI, English hours to NAm: I did manage to hear: 0100 on
6150, splash from 6145 and 6135; 9615 with splash in the background[?[
and 9620 = REE in Spanish; reception quality varies. 2130 on 9765 and
11940 --- I have to check to verify and comment on quality (Bob
Thomas, CT, Nov 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6150 was one of the Nov 20 changes; what about Defunct Gene Scott?
(gh, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. MAGADAN RADIO --- Hi, here is a little history and the
latest (?) schedule (cf. below) of Magadan Radio in the Far East of
Russia, up in the North, as found only in Russian on their website
http://www.magtrk.ru/index.phtml?a=gm
Magadan is the capital of the Magadan region, which is famous for gold
mines and a transsiberian road from Yakutsk to Magadan, which crosses
the Kolyma region. The gold and the road of Kolyma meant suffering and
death for an estimated 3 millions of Soviet prisoners.
Nowadays this province (which is just a little larger than Sweden, or
California) is one of the remotest in Russia, hard to reach, hard to
get away from, hard to live there, and with hardly anything to attract
investment. The value of the rich natural deposits is counterweighted
by the enormous effort needed to lay hand on them in this harsh
climate and environment.
Still, Magadan can be heard on shortwave with a Radio Rossii
transmitter on 7320 (and still on 5940, 9600??) kHz.
Here is a translation of the station's website into English:
Radio channel "Magadan Calling"
There was a time when Magadan radio (the only one in the country
[sic]) three times a day started its programme with the words:
"Magadan Calling! Good morning, comrades!". At 4 am for Eastern
Chukotka, at 5 - for Western Chukotka, and at 6 - for Magadan and
Kolyma. The Magadan region was so great at that time, that it covered
3 time zones. The broadcast ended at one in the morning, so announcers
every now and then even passed the night in the studio.
But all began in the distant Thirties from a small cottage. In the
tiny studio stood a tiny table with the microphone. The broadcast from
Khabarovsk was accompanied by such interferences, that local wits
determined the word "noise" as follows: the "(relay) radio
transmissions by Magadan radio". For the creation of the Kolyma radio,
first of all, a corresponding technical basis was required. It was
started to be built in 1934. Beginning from the autumn of that year,
the staff of Magadan radio conducts its pedigree. Much was done for
pure enthusiasm. But the first step was made. On 1 May, 1936, the
first radio transmission from Moscow was received in Magadan. As old
residents remember, on that day the city was reigned by universal
rejoicing: people near the outdoor loudspeakers cried, they laughed,
they embraced each other.
By 1946, already 56 broadcasting centers worked in the territory. The
transmissions of Magadan Radio had a duration of 8 hours per day. A
professional group of journalists, announcers, directors gradually
developed. One important circumstance was that in the beginning of the
1950s the studio was located in the same building as the theater. This
symbiosis proved to be very successful, all creative people, in which
Magadan is so rich were gathered there: artists, scientists, miners,
geologists, reindeer breeders, builders, students, children. During
November 1965 the radio station moved to a new house, from where
broadcasting of the provincial radio channel has been conducted ever
since.
Unfortunately, the social and economic changes [of the 1990s] in the
life of the region also touched radio. Some positions were lost: local
centers in the regions were closed, correspondents now rarely travel
to the distant regions. Regular programmes for children and radioplays
are more and more a thing of the past. People start to say that radio
dies.
But those rumors about the death of radio broadcasting proved to be
clearly exaggerated. On the contrary, today radio obtains new energy.
People now listen everywhere: at work, at home, in the car. It proved
to be so very convenient - to obtain information, without occupying
hands and eyes. And what is interesting: the "baby" of the large
radio, Magadan-Stereo FM105, influenced its creator. The broadcasts of
the large radio became more informative, more musical, more dynamic,
even closer to the public. The future of electronic media is in
digital technologies, in the Internet. But whatever miracles
technology might reveal, the basis of it all are the
people, their creative potential, their devotion to the matter.
Radio transmissions
Soldiers, who do not dream to be a General, are not necessarily bad
soldiers. They can dream about another profession. But a journalist
who does not bring news, is a bad journalist without any doubt.
[... ]
In January 2005 Magadan radio changed its broadcasting grid. The total
broadcasting decreased by a factor of 4. Only information blocks
remained. The main programmes of the provincial radio are now the
"Morning of the high latitudes" and the "Kolyma kaleidoscope". These
programs include summaries of provincial news, interviews, reports on
subjects that matter for Northerners, statements of Magadan residents
about what is going on, information about weather changes in the
territory, and a little advertisement. As before, on working days
three releases of "Latest news" are broadcast.
As a whole from January 2005 the grid of the broadcasting of Magadan
radio appears as follows:
Working days: 07:10 - 08:00 - "Morning of the high latitudes" (Utro
vysokikh shirot == OO-tra ve-SO-kikh shir-ROTT)
10:00 - 10:10, 14:00 - 14:10, 18:00 - 18:10 - "Latest news" (Poslednie
izvestiya)
Saturday: 10:00 - 11:00 - "Kolyma Meridian" (Kolymskiy meridian)
Magadan local time is +11, or +12 in DST, so times in winter (summer)
in UT are:
Magadan UT-winter UT-summer
0710 2010 1910
1000 2300 2200
1400 0300 0200
1800 0700 0600
73, (Eike Bierwirth, 04317 Leipzig, DL, *** Find the current overall
shortwave schedule on http://www.eibi.de.vu/ HCDX via DXLD)
** U K. BBC RADIO FACES STRIKE THREAT
BBC Radio is facing the threat of industrial action over its plans to
create a new layer of radio production staff that broadcasting union
Bectu union claims amounts to "buying producers on the cheap". As the
BBC cuts 150 radio jobs, Bectu said the decision to create a new
category of assistant producers will leave the corporation unable to
make the kind of radio it should be making.
Negotiations between the BBC and the union broke down on Friday after
eight hours of talks. Bectu will now ballot 500 members with the
possibility of a strike after Christmas. The union says there would be
too few of the new assistant producers and that they would have to
juggle the responsibilities currently held by four separate jobs -
producer, web content producer, studio manager and broadcast
assistant.
Bectu's supervisory official at the BBC, Luke Crawley, said: "We
object to the new role because we suspect people will be so thinly
stretched they won't be able to make the kind of radio the BBC should
be making. We also object to the amount of money they are prepared to
pay. They are effectively buying producers on the cheap. The assistant
producers would not have the salary of producers but would be expected
to produce a radio programme. The BBC is also proposing just three
weeks of training to cover web production, studio management and
production. If you became a studio manager you would get at least
three weeks' training just for that one role."
Mr Crawley said union members originally rejected the plan for
assistant producers in October and that although the latest round of
talks resulted in the BBC agreeing to a better deal for monitoring the
workload of assistant producers, there had been no movement on pay.
Jenny Abramsky, the BBC head of radio and music, admitted to staff in
an internal memo that there was "a disagreement" with the unions over
assistant producers.
"We began negotiations on the extension of this multiskilled role more
than a year ago and, despite a number of modifications to the original
proposals and the best efforts of both sides, we have failed to reach
agreement," she wrote
"I am sorry we haven't reached agreement but we are convinced that for
BBC Radio to meet the challenges of the new multimedia, interactive,
on demand world, we need this vital new role and we therefore propose
to go ahead with our Change Plan and introduce assistant producers
more widely from early next year."
Ms Abramsky said that "by taking tough decisions now, we shall face a
rapidly changing broadcasting environment with flexible, skilful and
competitive production teams" and said the BBC was prepared to
negotiate with the unions.
The new assistant producer role was to be implemented initially across
three areas - Radio 1, Radio 2 and factual - and later rolled out
across the rest of BBC radio and music.
One hundred and 50 jobs will be cut across the BBC's radio and music
division, but Ms Abramsky believes compulsory redundancies have been
avoided with producer, researcher, broadcast assistant and studio
manager job cuts being fulfilled through voluntary redundancies,
redeployment and natural staff turnover.
In May BBC staff staged a 24-hour strike that took most of the
corporation's TV and radio bulletins off air, in protest at director
general Mark Thompson's plans to cut around 4,000 jobs and slash 15%
from BBC budgets in an effort to save £355m within three years.
The unions agreed to suspend further planned strike action in early
June following intensive negotiations with Mr Thompson, after the
corporation made concessions including a year-long moratorium on
compulsory redundancies (Julia Day, Media Guardian, November 28th via
Mike Barraclough, DXLD) Will BBC Mgt turn CBC into scabs now? (gh)
** U K. Major John Lennon season on BBC Radio --- US readers note one
of the BBC Radio 2 programmes is going to be on Sirius Satellite Radio
[Dec 3-9]:
BBC Radio 4 is to give the first UK broadcast of excerpts from the
1970 interview John Lennon himself referred to as "definitive".
The interview, with Rolling Stone founder and editor Jan Wenner, took
place shortly after the Beatles split. In it, Lennon accuses former
band-member Paul McCartney of being "form and no substance" and claims
their song-writing relationship was over as early as 1962, after which
"we did our best work apart".
The interview, to be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday 3 December at
8.00 pm [make that 7:00 pm --- see below] in the Archive Hour, is
taken from tapes of Wenner's extensive interrogation of Lennon. It
documents the Beatles' career and split with painstaking emotion, and
at times excruciating detail, and serves as a major and controversial
point of exorcism for Lennon. It was the last interview he ever gave
with such candour. In it, he speaks bitterly of his strained
relationship with McCartney: "One of the main reasons the Beatles
ended is because... I pretty damn well know, we got fed up with being
sidemen for Paul. After Brian [Epstein] died we collapsed. Paul took
over and supposedly led us. But what is leading us when we went round
in circles? Paul had the impression... that we should be thankful for
what he did, for keeping the Beatles going... But he kept it going for
his own sake. Not for my sake did Paul struggle."
Yoko Ono can be heard in the background and, of her, he says: "It
seemed that I either had to be married to them or Yoko. I chose
Yoko... And I was right.... They despised her. They insulted her and
still do... they can go stuff themselves."
The Archive Hour: The Wenner Tapes is part of a major John Lennon
season on BBC Radio to mark the 25th anniversary of his death.
BBC Radio 1
Previously unheard and unedited footage of a Lennon and McCartney
interview is revealed on OneWorld on Monday 5 December 1.00am. The
show also presents a re-worked version of The White Album with some of
the show's favourite artists - including Bedouin Soundclash, Deerhoof
and Animal Collective, adding their own personal touches to each track
on the album.
BBC Radio 2
New interviews with Yoko Ono, Cynthia Lennon and Maureen Cleave
alongside rarely heard archive material and a transatlantic broadcast
feature in Radio 2's programming.
Bigger Than Jesus, on Saturday 3 December (8.00-9.00pm), presented by
Paul McGann, tells of Lennon's interview with Maureen Cleave - in
which he stated: "We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know
which will go first - rock `n' roll or Christianity" - and its
aftermath.
In Good Morning Sunday on Sunday 4 December (7.00-9.00am) Cynthia
Lennon joins Don Maclean to talk about her life with and without John
Lennon.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of, arguably, the
Beatles' folkiest album Rubber Soul, Mike Harding presents a musical
tribute from the cream of the folk music community of the British
Isles on Wednesday 7 December, 8.00-9.00pm.
Lennon Night, on Thursday 8 December from 7.00 to 11.00pm, is
broadcast simultaneously on Radio 2 and across the USA on Sirius
Satellite Radio. The evening begins with Lennon, presented by Mark
Radcliffe, which includes a new interview with Yoko Ono and, from the
archives, rarely heard interviews with Lennon, including the first
Beatles radio interview from 1962.
At 8.00pm Lennon Live is three hours of music presented by Stuart
Maconie, performed by a line up of artists giving their
interpretations of Lennon songs live, both in Abbey Road Studio 2, and
in the studios of Sirius Satellite Radio in Manhattan.
BBC Radio 4
Monday 5 to Friday 9 December, at 3.30pm, Robert Sandall explores five
songs written by Lennon about key relationships in his life.
Strawberry Fields describes his complex relationship with his home
town, Liverpool; Julia looks at his complicated family background and
reaction to the death of his mother; How Do You Sleep focuses on his
relationship with Paul - the song was written after the break up of
the Beatles at the point their relationship was at an all-time low;
The Ballad of John And Yoko is followed by Beautiful Boy which is
about his relationship with Sean Lennon.
British journalist Ray Connolly was a friend of Lennon and was due to
interview him the day John was shot.
He has written a highly unusual and personal look at the murder that
shook the world in Unimaginable, which is the Afternoon Play on
Thursday 8 December at 2.15pm.
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music has uncovered a long-lost recording of John Peel's Night
Ride programme, dating back to 11 December 1968, when the young Radio
1 DJ was joined live in the studio by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Clips will be available online - bbc.co.uk/6music - as part of the
network's John Lennon Day on Thursday 8 December.
In Nemone's Dream Ticket there will another opportunity to hear the
Beatles live, as captured in session for Radio 1 at The Playhouse
Theatre, London, in November 1964.
6 Music will also be revisiting archive television footage when it
takes over the BBC's Big Screen in Liverpool for the evening.
6 Music will also broadcast a new Yoko Ono interview, throughout the
day, in which she shares her recollections of the first time she met
John; her thoughts on what he would have been doing if alive today;
and - from Iraq to the internet - what he would have thought of the
21st century world.
The new Lennon compilation, Working Class Hero, is album of the day
and the network will play songs chosen by the man himself in John's
Jukebox. This feature will provide an insight into Lennon's musical
tastes and inspirations, playing soul, R&B and rock 'n' roll from
amongst the 40 records discovered on his own portable jukebox. Artists
featured include Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, The Isley Brothers, Buddy
Holly and Bob Dylan.
For more information about BBC Radio's Lennon coverage, please visit
http://bbc.co.uk/lennon.
(BBC press release via Paul David, Nov 17, dxldyg via DXLD)
Programme Change Alert!
Earlier today I advised you that the Beeb were planning a major season
marking the 25th Anniversary of John Lennon's death. One of the
programmes concerned, the Archive Hour on Radio 4 has now apparently
been brought forward an hour to 1902 UT on 3 December, thus avoiding a
clash with another programme on Radio 2. Common sense has prevailed!
(PAUL DAVID, Wembley Park, United Kingdom, ibid.)
** U K. In DXLD 5-204, contributor Roche refers to Peel broadcast
download as "off-sea pirate history," yet he later refers to "signal
from the boat." Unless this was a hovercraft, surely he means
"offshore," not "off-sea." Also, publisher Da Capo is two words, not
one (Mike Cooper, GA, Nov 28, DXLD)
** U K. ANALYSIS: UK'S FIRST PERMANENT ISLAMIC RADIO STATION LAUNCHES
| Text of editorial analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring
Media Services on 29 November
[Jonathan Marks posted this photo of Peter Feuilherade on his blog:
http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/290/1574/640/DSC06600.jpg ]
The first permanent Islamic radio station to operate in the UK was
launched as a digital broadcaster on 26 November in Bradford, an
industrial city in the north of England with a high population of
Asian origin.
Islam Radio, a digital-only (DAB) service, will broadcast around the
clock, carrying discussion programmes, women's and children's
programmes and Islamic music. As well as broadcasting the call to
prayer five times a day, it will feature live link-ups to mosques in
Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
The website of the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom describes the
station as "a family orientated Islamic service".
Islam Radio will become available around the UK during the next few
months. The station also plans to set up studios in London and
Birmingham.
Building bridges
The Bradford Telegraph and Argus newspaper described Islam Radio as
"the brainchild of Mohammed Sajid, who set up the station in response
to growing calls from his local community for a dedicated Islamic
radio station".
The Iranian news agency IRNA described him as an author and Ph.D.
student at Bradford University's Centre for European Studies.
"The community have been wanting a radio station for more than 10
years," Mr Sajid told the newspaper, adding: "There was a real need
and want for this service. We want the channel to be a wholesome
family one and really hope that it will help to build bridges between
Bradford's different faith communities."
Although his station is targeted primarily at Muslims in Bradford, Mr
Sajid said he hoped to involve all members of the community, through
programmes addressing local issues such as health education and
politics.
Up to now, the only Islamic radio stations to operate in the UK
broadcast on Restricted Service Licences, mostly during the the holy
month of Ramadan.
A number of radio stations specifically for sections of Britain's
Asian population have been operating for many years. Islam Radio is,
however, the first to specifically target Muslims. Source: BBC
Monitoring research 29 Nov 05 (via DXLD)
** U S A. Re 5-201, jamming on WWCR 7465 around 0200. I meant to look
around for likelier targets earlier, but find this in EiBi B-05: 0100-
0300 USA Radio Free Asia TB CHN 7470/TJK, i.e. in Tibetan via
Tajikistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. After missing for more than a month, from before Hurricane
Wilma, I think, 12133.5 and 7811.0 are again active with AFRTS from
Saddlebunch Key as heard from 1521 past 1600 November 29. At 1521
American Music Maker mini-feature, and others, 1530 CNN Radio news.
Inaudible on 5446.5 but check that one at night (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, I hear 5446.5 very well here in Clewiston, but 12133.5 and
7811. aren't audible. It's raining here so I might have a problem with
a wet antenna? (Chuck Bolland, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Or a skip zone (gh)
5446.5 is just barely audible here at 1830 check. Also heard here at
2230 yesterday (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, Nov 29, ibid.)
** U S A. The Spanish part of WMWR website says the Variedades show is
aired for 9 hours on Sats., "from 3:06 to midnight". There is a 6-
minute break in English each hour on top of the hour. DJ´s name given
as Moisés Vélez. The English portion of the web says the show is on at
"8-12 p" (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, The attachment is an audio clip of a portion of the below
reception [minutes:seconds in the clip of 1670 kHz].
0:00-0:11 Jingle with what sounds to me like ``Moreno Valley,``
starting about 0:06, heard at 0600 UT
0:11-0:38 ad for Bank of America, at 0625 UT
0:38-1:25 Woman says a few words, then into singing jingle, at 0700 UT
1:25-1:37 spoken ID, at 0700 UT
Sorry I have no ability with Spanish but maybe you can make out
something that would be of interest. Also sorry it’s not all that
great a quality, as there was the station from Redding, CA also on
frequency. The ID at 1:25 is not too bad and may be of help. Not sure
if this is the same station being heard on the East coast. Anyway, I
wanted to pass it on to you for whatever it’s worth. Can understand if
it is of no help. Thank you (Ron Howard, Monterey CA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Tnx for the clip, but I think it`s pretty clear now that the second
``Spanish`` station heard in the East was really the Haitian pirate in
Boston. The last segment of your file says ``Radio Católica, El
Sembrador, 1670 AM, la voz de la nueva evangelización``, presumably
your nearby KHPY (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
** U S A. MEADOWLANDS AM`S FIGHT ENCROACHMENT
There was a time - and it wasn't that long ago - when the NEW JERSEY
Meadowlands were an undesirable place for just about anything other
than an AM radio transmitter facility. From the 1920s, when stations
like WOR and WLWL first built sites there, to the present day, the
swamps just across the Hudson River from New York City have been the
preferred spot for AM broadcasters in the nation's largest market.
With the construction of Giants Stadium in the 1970s, the Meadowlands
began to become desirable for other uses, too, and in recent years,
the area south of the stadium complex has become a hotbed of
development. WOR, as you'll recall, is losing its current site in
Lyndhurst to the massive EnCap golf course/housing development that's
being planned for 800 acres in East Rutherford, North Arlington and
Lyndhurst - and now two other AM stations in the neighborhood are
crying foul about what they say will be detrimental effects to their
signals from the EnCap project.
WINS (1010) and WLIB (1190) tried to prevent the New Jersey
Meadowlands Commission from granting its approval for Phase I of the
project, arguing that planned 15-story apartment buildings would
disrupt the stations' directional patterns, making their transmitter
sites unusable.
The matter will now go to the New Jersey Supreme Court, where WINS and
WLIB hope to get an injunction to keep construction from starting on
the housing portion of the project. It promises to be an interesting
fight, and we'll be keeping tabs on it - stay tuned!
Air America's flagship, WLIB (1190), has been getting plenty of
criticism for not promoting itself enough to a market where the calls
and frequency are all but unknown. So we were more than a bit
surprised to flip open the issue of The New Republic that arrived
today and find a full-page ad for the station. Yes, that's a national
magazine, with much of its circulation in Washington, D.C., far from
the WLIB signal - but it may, perhaps, give some sort of indication of
where Air America is now pitching itself, attempting to be part of the
progressive political establishment. (We'd be more than a little
curious to find out if the ad ran in The Nation, as well, several
notches to the left of TNR on the political spectrum...)
(Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch Nov 28 via DXLD)
** U S A. MOYERS HAS HIS SAY --- FORMER NOW HOST ON MEDIA BIAS AND HIS
FEUD WITH FORMER CPB CHAIRMAN KEN TOMLINSON
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/28/2005
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6286824
Bill Moyers became the central figure in absentia in the controversy
surrounding former Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Chairman
Kenneth Tomlinson. It was Tomlinson who pointed to Moyers' Now
newscast on PBS as a chief reason for his efforts to bring `balance`
to public broadcasting by adding conservative shows. Moyers has since
left Now and is currently president of the Schumann Center for Media &
Democracy. He spoke with B&C's John Eggerton in the wake of a CPB
Inspector General report concluding Tomlinson had violated the law by
dealing directly with a programmer during the creation of a show to
balance Moyers' program.
You are the exemplar of liberal PBS bias, according to Ken Tomlinson.
Was your show liberally biased?
Right-wing partisans like Tomlinson have always attacked aggressive
reporting as liberal. We were biased, all right—in favor of uncovering
the news that powerful people wanted to keep hidden: conflicts of
interest at the Department of Interior, secret meetings between Vice
President Cheney and the oil industry, backdoor shenanigans by
lobbyists at the FCC, corruption in Congress, neglect of wounded
veterans returning from Iraq, Pentagon cost overruns, the manipulation
of intelligence leading to the invasion of Iraq.
We were way ahead of the news curve on these stories, and the
administration turned its hit men loose on us. Tomlinson actually told
The Washington Post that he was irate over one of our documentary
reports from a small town in Pennsylvania hard-hit by outsourcing.
If reporting on what's happening to ordinary people thrown overboard
by circumstances beyond their control and betrayed by Washington
officials is liberalism, I stand convicted.
It is an old canard of right-wing ideologues like Tomlinson to equate
tough journalism with liberalism. They hope to distract people from
the message by trying to discredit the messenger.
Now threw the fear of God into Tomlinson's crowd because they couldn't
dispute the accuracy of our reporting.
And when we weren't reporting the truth behind the news, we were
interviewing a wide variety of people: Ralph Reed and Ralph Nader; Cal
Thomas and Molly Ivins; Robert Bartley, editor of the Wall Street
Journal; Katrina Vandenheuval, editor of The Nation; The Conservative
Union's David Keene; Dorothy Rabinowitz (also of the Wall Street
Journal); Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity; the Club
for Growth's Stephen Moore; historian Howard Zinn; and Indian activist
Arundhati Roy. And on and on.
Did you get any direct pressure from Tomlinson or CPB to change the
content of your show?
The people at PBS told me they were getting excruciating pressure
because of our reporting, including threats to de-fund public
television unless ``Moyers is dealt with.`` They never identified the
source of that pressure.
We know now it was Tomlinson. [Tomlinson] even told some people [we
have confirmed it with two people who were present] that ``Moyers is a
coward because he doesn't want to talk to people who disagree with
him.``
Hello? See the above list of all the conservatives who appeared on the
show.
What happened to the debate idea between you two?
I asked him repeatedly. He refused. He didn't even respond. But when
all this started to unfold early last year, I asked three times to
meet with the CPB board and try to find out what was going on.
I thought we could reason together and maybe agree on how to cooperate
to protect Public Broadcasting's independence. I mean, I not only read
the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, I helped to create it. CPB's job
was to be a firewall between guys like them and the producers,
journalists, and content of public broadcasting.
I thought at the time that I was dealing with people who cared about
this institution. I didn't realize they had gone over to the dark
side.
What prompted your departure from Now?
I needed a break, and I also sensed that we were up against serial
abusers and that I could fight back more effectively if I weren't on
the air (via John Wesley Smith, KC0HSB, Hallsville, MO, DXLD)
** U S A. WHY DOES CNN CONTINUE TO HOST ANN COULTER?
One day after Ann Coulter wrote a column examining Rep. John P.
Murtha's (D-PA) proposal to end military engagement in Iraq, she
appeared on the November 25 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight to
comment on it. In her November 24 syndicated column, she claimed,
"There is no plausible explanation for the Democrats' behavior other
than that they long to see U.S. troops shot, humiliated, and driven
from the field of battle." . . .
http://mediamatters.org/items/200511280010
(via gh, DXLD)
** U S A. GULF LPFM AIRS EMERGENCY NEWS --- WQRZ, LICENSED TO A HAM
GROUP, BROADCASTS DURING & AFTER HURRICANE --- by Randy J. Stine
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. The creation of a low-power FM radio service in
2000 was supposed to enhance radio service, typically in smaller
markets. It certainly worked in at least one rural Mississippi county
during Hurricane Katrina, according to those familiar with the
circumstances.
WQRZ(LP) was the only Hancock County radio station still broadcasting
after Katrina decimated much of the western Mississippi coast in late
August. However, managing to stay on the air involved multiple studio
moves and the help of outside broadcast suppliers and engineers.
The 100-watt station, licensed to the Hancock County Amateur Radio
Association Inc., was the only communications link with the outside
world for many area residents in the days immediately following
Katrina, according to local emergency management officials.
While some other regional signals could be heard in the area, sources
said WQRZ was the only one based in the county that was on the air and
trying to provide radio service and information specifically for
county residents.. .
http://www.rwonline.com/reference-room/special-report/06_rw_wqrz_2.shtml
(via Bill Smith, W0WOI, DXLD)
** U S A. PIRATE STATION "FREE RADIO SAN DIEGO" IS BACK ON AIR
According to an e-mail received November 18, 2005, pirate station
"Free Radio San Diego" is back on the air on 96.9 MHz at greatly
reduced power. Another e-mail indicated that on November 21, 2005,
"exactly three months after being raided by the FCC and US Marshalls,"
Free Radio San Diego "resumed normal operations at full power."
Undoubtedly this will mean a bit more work for the San Diego FCC field
office (via CGC Communicator via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Glenn: I have returned to shortwave listening after many years (I was
an avid listener as a teen in the 70s and 80s) and remember you from
Communications World, Frendx and other publications way back. I am now
a regular listener via WRN and (of course Sirius). It has been many
years since I have heard your voice. I am teaching my 9 year old how
to DX and QSL. I am very excited about passing the hobby on to my son.
Thanks again. Best, (Richard Lucas, Short Hills, NJ 07078, Nov 29)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
EiBi`s B05 SCHEDULES NOW COMPLETE
Hi, two weeks earlier than B04, the new winter B05 schedule is now
available from my website http://www.eibi.de.vu/
For your bookmarks: The schedule sorted by time is at
http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/dx/bc-b05.txt
and the frequency-sorted schedule is at
http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/dx/freq-b05.txt
For other formats (zip, doc, pdf) visit http://www.eibi.de.vu/ and go
to "DX pages".
As always, comments and corrections are welcome, if not already
published on DXLD or hcdx groups. Have fun DXing, (Eike Bierwirth,
04317 Leipzig, DL, Nov 29, WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Tnx, Eike, for another great service to the DX/SWL community! (gh)
IRCA SLOGANS LIST (fanfare!!!)
IRCA`s James Niven has completely revised the IRCA Slogans List and it
is now available from the IRCA Bookstore. This edition includes
slogans from the US, Canada and Mexico and has over 3700 slogans.
Prices: IRCA/NRC members - $6.00 (US/Canada/Mexico/ sea mail), $8.00
(rest of the Americas/ Europe airmail), $8.50 (Australia/Japan/New
Zealand airmail). Non-IRCA/ NRC members - add $1.50. To order, send
your funds to: IRCA Bookstore, 9705 Mary Ave NW, Seattle WA 98117-
2334. (Make checks out to Phil Bytheway - funds not made out to Phil
Bytheway will be returned)... or use PayPal to: fokker_d8 @ yahoo.com
(please include an extra $0.50 to cover the service charge). (Phil
Bytheway, IRCA via DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
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READING INTERNATIONAL RADIO GROUP, ENGLAND, SATURDAY DECEMBER 3
The next meeting of the Reading International Radio Group will take
place on December 3rd. Topics will include a quiz set by Chris
Greenway, DRM reception in the UK with audio sound samples together
with radio news and discussion, audio and nostalgia including Radio
Luxembourg.
All are welcome; a £1 donation for room hire is asked for. The meeting
will be held in Meeting Room 3, Reading International Solidarity
Centre, 35-39 London Street, Reading. We will be in the Global
Cafe/Bar from 1400 and move into the meeting room at 1430. The
meetings last about 2 and a half hours. The meeting rooms are at the
back, the entrance is via a small passage just behind the RISC shop or
ask for directions in the shop or cafe. RISC has a website with
location at http://www.risc.org.uk. Before and after the meeting
members can be found at the Great Expectations next door. For further
information email mikewb @ dircon.co.uk or phone me on 01462 643899.
Dates booked for 2006 are February 25th and April 8th (Mike
Barraclough, worlddxclub via DXLD)
TALK BY RADIO CAROLINE ENGINEER - TUESDAY 3rd JANUARY
The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) is fortunate to have as
one of its members Carl Thomson G3PEM. Carl was the Radio Engineer
onboard Radio Caroline in the mid 60's and was responsible for keeping
the 199 metres (1520 kHz) transmitter on the air come what may.
On Tuesday 3rd January he will be presenting a talk to CARS entitled
"Life on board Radio Caroline in the 1960's". This will give his
impression of life onboard the Radio Ship and will be illustrated by
previously unpublished photographs.
The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society meets on the 1st Tuesday in each
month at the Marconi Social Club, Beehive Lane, Great Baddow. The
doors open at 7:15pm and visitors are most welcome. Car parking is
free and a bar is available for refreshments.
For further information contact the secretary Martyn G1EFL Tel: 01245
469008 - E-mail: info2005 @ g0mwt.org.uk - http://www.g0mwt.org.uk
(via Mike Barraclough, Dec Medium Wave News via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING
++++++++++++++++++++
BASIC DRM
O tipo de modulação usado em DRM é o OFDM (Orthogonal frequency-
division multiplexing)e muito basicamente consiste em fazer uma
modulação de fase e amplitude simultaneamente. Deste modo, obtem-se
pontos no dominio tempo e no dominio amplitude, o que vai constituir
a chamada constelação, que depende se se utiliza QAM16 (16 pontos
menos fidelidade, mais robustes) ou até 64 pontos da constelação
QAM64, que juntamente com SBR (spectrum band replication) permite
qualidades de audio em estereo parametrico surpreendentes, no
entanto com menos robustes. Visto com o analizador de espectros
digital veremos que o sinal de DRM com 10KHz de largura de banda
comporta um numero variavel de subportadoras (por volta de 75)
separadas 66HZ umas das outras. Estas subportadoras são chamados
simbolos de audio. Escutado num radio normal de FM ou AM apenas se
escuta um ruido continuo, quase como um receptor regenerativo. 73
(CT4RK, Carlos Mourato, Sines - Portugal, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
DIGITAL BOOSTERS ON FM
Digital only boosters for FM might come along. According to a story in
Radio World, Mike Starline of NPR stated that some stations not having
great analog coverage might benefit from digital repeaters. And the
agency has mapped out digital coverages for 21 stations. From these
preliminary data, it appears that so-called HD Radio coverage in
rolling terrain is not so good. Class Cs in those areas will usually
have coverage slightly better than the 60 dBu contour. Many Class As
``will be lucky to fully cover the 70 dBu contour,`` while in flat
terrain, signal reaches ``beyond the 60 dBu contour,`` but it did not
specify any distance or signal intensity level.
Digital TV has implications for FM radio, and I am beginning to think
all the area`s IBOC stations (so-called ``HD Radio`` could be crammed
into one or two frequencies at the end of the dial (88.0 or 108.0
MHz), with the analog FM channels unaffected (Bruce Elving, Nov
FMedia! via DXLD)
DTS [I was thinking of DVS = Descriptive Video Service --- gh]
In the article that'll appear in the December VUD I use WSAZ-23
(Huntington, WV) as an example of a station that could make good use
of DTS. WPSX-15 (State College, PA) is another good example and a
station that's already using it. WSTE-8 (Ponce, PR) was another
station that filed comments in favor of the FCC's proceeding; you may
remember a VUD article a year or two back about their attempt to use
DTS with their *analog* facility on channel 7?
In all three cases terrain favors DTS. The stations attempt to serve
multiple cities that lie in deep valleys. A single transmitter site
can't "see" the entire area.
Smaller transmitters placed within the valleys can provide strong
signals across the important cities, while the terrain shields the
transmitters from each other, limiting mutual interference.
Of course there *will* be interference zones *somewhere*, especially
as the FCC expects enough transmitters to cover the entire area. The
goal is to minimize the number of viewers affected.
I don't suppose they really had flat Central Indiana in mind when they
did that. On the other hand...
The Indianapolis market consists of one large, very important city in
the center --- and a number of smaller but still important cities
around the edges. Marion, Muncie, Anderson, Bloomington, Kokomo, etc.
DTS I suppose *could* be used to considerable advantage there. I just
wonder if it's possible to work around the interference zones in a
place like that where there really aren't any unpopulated areas to put
them? -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 WTFDA
via DXLD)
Re: NEW RADIO TODAY & TOMORROW LIST EMBRACES IBOC DISCUSSION
Call me a skeptic, but I agree that it's the last thing we all need
right now.
I've had access to the Internet for about 20 years, and I've been on
numerous mailing lists in that time. I've seen this process repeated
many times, usually with the same result. A controversial topic breaks
out, traffic on the list spikes, the discussion gets a little heated,
and some of the list regulars start complaining and threatening to
leave. Then someone proposes a solution: create a new list where folks
can have at it on said controversial topic, and leave the original
list in peace.
Trouble is, the new list doesn't get off the ground. For a variety of
reasons, it never achieves critical mass - people don't get around to
subscribing, or they don't post there because they figure there isn't
enough audience for their pearls of wisdom, etc., etc. Or even worse,
they can't figure out which of the many available lists is most
appropriate for a given topic, so they end up cross-posting to a bunch
of them. Then those who have tried to keep up with the fragmentation
by subscribing to multiple lists end up getting tons of duplicate
postings.
I'd rather see fewer lists rather than more - ideally, just two that
focus on AM DX: one for tips, and one for discussions of anything that
is relevant to AM DXing. We do have the DXTIP list, which works quite
nicely, but unfortunately, many AM DXers don't use it. You would think
that we could all agree on one list purely for tips, but the
participation rate doesn't seem to be what it could be. The NRC AM
list has been the closest thing to a general list for discussions of
all things relevant to AM DX, but it is now a lame duck and will be
going away. The IRCA list seemed to be the logical successor, but it
seems that the club doesn't want it to take on that role.
To avoid discussion of IBOC on an AM DX list is, frankly, bizarre.
Whether you are an active DXer or just a casual listener, IBOC should
be of the utmost concern to you. It represents a sea change in radio
broadcasting, and you need to keep informed about it. Moreover, AM
IBOC in particular is on the bubble right now. There is an increasing
realization on the part of broadcasters, not to mention the FCC, that
the interference problems, and their impact on analog AM operations,
may be much more than they bargained for. There are rumblings in the
industry that maybe it's time to take a step back and look at other
alternatives. Listeners can and should be a part of this process, by
letting stations being interfered with know how their service is being
impacted. Most listeners won't have much clue as to what is going on,
but DXers are more technically knowledgeable, and they are networked -
that's where the mailing lists come in.
If IBOC discussions are shunted off to a special list, then I suspect
that most DXers won't go there, and they will remain ignorant about
what's going on. As radio enthusiasts, they should have a say in the
future of the band, but they can't do that unless they stay informed
about IBOC happenings.
Since I don't expect either club will change its stance, I guess we
have little choice but to give the new list a chance, and see what
happens (Barry McLarnon VE3JF, Ottawa, ON, Nov 26, IRCA via DXLD)
I don't disagree with Barry in principle. I've been bothered by the
explosion of new lists in the last few months, and I thought long and
hard about whether there was really a good reason to add to the fray
with yet another one.
It seems to me that there is indeed justification for at least three
categories of lists in an ideal world. I'd like to see more people on
DXTIP, too, but it at least has a very clear purpose to it - immediate
propagation of "breaking" DX alerts.
A second category of lists seems to be what the IRCA list's moderators
want it to be - discussion that's limited pretty tightly to DX'ing
itself, without straying very much into the "how" and "why" and "what
next" discussions, which brings us to Barry's next point.
I agree completely with Barry on these points, which is why I've never
shied away from discussing them. But the fact is, for whatever reason,
that there exists a fairly substantial number of DXers who just don't
want to hear about these issues. For the moment, for many of us, it
remains possible to DX with very little impact from IBOC, and my sense
is that some in the DX community would prefer to just keep on doing
what they're doing as long as it remains possible, which may well be a
few years yet.
While I don't necessarily agree with that point of view, I respect the
fact that it's widely held. Lynn and Patrick and the IRCA list
graciously accepted a flood of new participants after the almost-
shutdown of the NRC list a few months ago, and I'm grateful enough for
their hospitality on that list that I'm more than happy to try to help
them make it function the way they see fit - as a list devoted to
discussion of, shall we say, "traditional" DX topics.
If that creates a hole for a third category of list to discuss broader
DX-related topics like IBOC and LPAM and such, at least we now have a
home for such discussion. It's my hope that the new "RTT" list will
end up with participation that goes beyond the traditional DX
community. Especially now that it's hosted on Barry Mishkind's
radiolists.net, which is also home to several high-quality lists for
the radio engineering community, I'm going to try to get more
broadcasters to come over and take part in the conversation as well.
The more dialogue, the better, and as moderator, my goal is to keep
that dialogue going with as little personal rancor and venom as
possible. I may be deluding myself. We'll see.
It's an experiment, and I make no bones about that. If there's not the
desire for it that I think there is, it'll go away quietly and without
any shedding of tears on my end. If it succeeds and proves to be of
value, that's great, too.
So far, signups have been fairly brisk, especially on a holiday
weekend when many of us probably have better things to do than sit in
front of a computer. We'll see what happens.
I certainly hope you'll be part of the conversation, Barry [McLarnon];
I value your contributions to the dialogue (both in DX forums and in
Radio Guide magazine) immensely!
And a reminder for anyone else interested in joining the new list -
disregard the initial Yahoo! Groups information, and sign up instead
by sending e-mail to rtt-subscribe @ radiolists.net (Or don't.)
This will, I hope, be the last such cross-posted message - now that
we're starting to build a critical mass of subscribers at RTT, I'd
very much like to continue the discussion over there!
s (Scott Fybush, NRC-AM via DXLD)
What Scott has done is set up a list for DXers expressly dedicated to
broadcast industry topics such as IBOC which affect our hobby.
This new list does NOT diminish the relevance of IBOC to DXers. IBOC
threatens to kill or at best seriously hinder AM and FM DXing, and
DXers should indeed follow what's happening and participate in the
debate. What the new list does is establish a place for DXers to
discuss these kinds of issues, where the focus is ONLY on these
issues.
It means I can direct all e-mail from that list to a specific folder
in my e-mail, or to a specific Yahoo of Gmail address, so that I can
easily archive contributions I want to save.
It also streamlines my hobby-related e-mail, so that when I am on a
DXpedition and only have dial-up access (people on DXpeditions can
also access e-mail on PDAs), I can quickly check so see if anyone is
getting any DX, and very quickly see only those messages pertaining to
actual on-the-set DX.
The new list is a much-welcomed tool that stands to help DXers
actually DO something about IBOC. There's also no point in subjecting
Dxers who do not want to talk about IBOC to a discussion about IBOC
(and the broadcast industry in general). This new list is where that
conversation is happening, where the real hard-core are hanging out.
I must admit I like the decision to keep things civil. Better to win
than to get angry. I would fully support the moderators of the IRCA,
NRC and WTFDA AM lists in steering any *discussion* about IBOC and the
industry to the new list (though I would expect to see actual DX
reports mentioning the presence or lack of IBOC on the DX lists, minus
any opinionating or resulting discussion). If anything, the creation
of this new list makes it easier to remain a member of the regular DX
lists, because ... well... for all these reasons. (It would seem to me
quite acceptable to notify the DX lists from time to time about this
(new) list. That could be done, say, by reporting that WOWO is using
IBOC at night, when it shouldn't be, and for more info come join the
discussion at the (new) list.
Scott has upped the sophistication ante of DXer response to IBOC, IMO.
(Saul Chernos, ON, IRCA via DXLD)
As I see it, this is not a strength, but a weakness. This is exactly
the problem with creating a new list with a narrower focus - it only
attracts the hard core who are already knowledgeable about the topic.
The advantage of a wide-ranging list with a large cross-section of
participants, as the NRC AM list once was, is cross-fertilization.
People who initially have no knowledge about a topic, and hence no
interest in it, may have their interest piqued and get drawn in. They
eventually bring new perspectives, and make contributions that enrich
the discussion. This isn't likely to happen if the topic is relegated
to a separate list. Since it's a done deal, I'll refrain from any
further remarks on this topic, and let the chips fall where they may
(Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON, IRCA via DXLD)
COMING SOON: RADIO'S 'MOST SIGNIFICANT INNOVATION' IN FIFTY YEARS
Monday, Nov. 28, 2005
A Dec. 6 press conference has been scheduled for an announcement from
"CEOs from the world's leading radio companies" that will officially
reveal the industry's "most significant innovation" in a half-century.
Public relations firm Brainerd Communicators, which represents Clear
Channel, Cox Radio, Regent Communications and a handful of other radio
companies, remains tight-lipped about what will be discussed next
Tuesday.
One theory regarding the "innovation" is that it is a plan involving
several groups to roll out a service using HD Radio spectrum, perhaps
along the lines of a subscription-based service similar to the one
Entercom CEO David Field has been touting for some time. Field even
hinted to some forthcoming announcements along those lines during his
company's Q3 earnings conference call on Nov. 4. Two tiny, orange
half-circles, which look suspiciously like they were lifted from
iBiquity's HD Radio logo, appear in the upper-left hand corner of
Brainerd's announcement. R&R will be at the Dec. 6 press conference to
provide you with details of what's to be revealed.
(Radioandrecords.com via Brock Whaley, DXLD) Ah...sure. I thought that
was sync detection (Brock Whaley, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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FCC: All Programming To Be Broadcast In ADHDTV By 2007
November 23, 2005 | Issue 41•47
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42809
WASHINGTON, DC --- The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-1
Monday to require electronics manufacturers to make all television
sets ADHD-compatible within two years.
To adhere to the guidelines, every program, with the exception of The
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Show, will have to be sped up to meet the new
standard frame rate of 120 frames per second.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin characterized the move as "a natural,
forward-thinking response to the changing needs of the average
American viewer."
"In the media-saturated climate of the modern age, few have the time
and energy to sit still for an entire episode of King Of Queens,"
Martin said. "Although the FCC will leave it up to the television
networks to make the necessary programming changes, we are
recommending, in accordance with the ADHDTV standard, that all shows
be no more than six minutes in length, and that they contain jarring
and unpredictable camera cuts to shiny props and detailed background
sets."
"We're also advising that intra-episode recaps occur every 45
seconds," he added.
The ruling represents a growing shift toward ADHDTV, a television
format designed to meet the needs of an increasingly inattentive and
hyperactive audience. The tuner includes a built-in device that
automatically changes channels after three minutes of uninterrupted
single-station viewing, as well as a picture-in-picture-in-picture-in-
picture option.
According to Sony, the leading manufacturer of the ADHD-compatible
sets, the new technology will allow viewers to play up to three
simultaneous video games while watching television.
Two Lansing, MI children watch an ADHDTV promo for the entire prime-
time network lineup [caption]
"Many of our ADHDTVs will come with a motorized base," Sony
spokesperson Richard O'Dell said. "In the event that the viewer turns
his attention away from the television, it will begin to rotate and
emit sirens and piercing shrieks."
The mandate to conform to the new format has already been met with
some resistance, particularly from movie channels like HBO, live
programs such as ABC's Monday Night Football, and the History Channel,
whose ambitious five-part, 10-hour historical documentary about World
War II, slated for completion in late 2007, will have to be shortened
to a six-minute montage of the war set to a medley of Ashlee Simpson
hits.
Some networks, however, are embracing the change.
"A majority of our shows are only watchable for a few minutes at a
time anyway," said Fox president Peter Liguori, whose recently
unveiled fall 2007 TV schedule includes over 850 new series. "We're
going to roll out an exciting lineup of major sporting-event
highlights, late-night yell shows, and a brand-new season of The O.C.
that will feature 37 new characters and—well, I don't want to give too
much away, but let's just say it will have a lot more guys jumping up
and down, saying, 'Hey! Hey! Look over here!'"
On standard 4:3 televisions, ADHDTV programs will be shown in
letterbox format, with the top and bottom of the screen alternately
filled with bright, flittering butterflies, undulating rainbow-colored
patterns, and singing hamsters in top hats.
Skeptics say the switch to ADHDTV will likely be delayed in favor of
other projects or even completely forgotten by next week. However, the
FDA is fast-tracking approval of the new drug Entertainalin, developed
in anticipation of the modified programming. In clinical trials, the
drug has been effective in helping viewers concentrate not only on the
new TV format, but also on their immediate surroundings, the couch
fabric, a dog passing by the window, and pieces of lint floating in
the air (via Bill Frahm, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD)
ATS909 (AND CLONES) PROGRAMMING UTILITY
While going over to the RadioIntel site, I found a fascinating link
for a new programming utlity - one designed for the ATS909 and its
various clones (the RS DX398, for example). I could easily see that
such a utility would be a blessing, as having to maintain over 300
memories could be a real chore. You can read about it here;
http://www.radiointel.com/review-ats909program.htm
Note that this is programming only software, it doesn't offer any
control of the radio. Still, it's something rather new, and certainly
useful if you don't feel like having to maintain 309 memories by hand
(I know I would certainly get tired of that in a hurry...)
73s (Mike KA3JZZ, links editor, Capitol Hill Monitors, Utility
Monitoring Central, editor, Strong Signals software page,
Wiki Administrator, Radioreference.Com swl at qth.net via DXLD)
MR. I.C. PASSES ON --- Texas Instruments http://www.ti.com
Jack St. Clair Kilby passed away June 20, 2005, in Dallas following a
brief battle with cancer.
There are few men whose insights and professional accomplishments
have changed the world. Jack Kilby is one of these men. His invention
of the monolithic integrated circuit - the microchip - some 45 years
ago at Texas Instruments (TI) laid the conceptual and technical
foundation for the entire field of modern microelectronics. It was
this breakthrough that made possible the sophisticated high-speed
computers and large-capacity semiconductor memories of today's
information age.
Mr. Kilby grew up in Great Bend, Kansas. With B.S. and M.S. degrees in
electrical engineering from the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin
respectively, he began his career in 1947 with the Centralab Division
of Globe Union Inc. in Milwaukee, developing ceramic-base, silk-screen
circuits for consumer electronic products.
In 1958, he joined TI in Dallas. During the summer of that year
working with borrowed and improvised equipment, he conceived and built
the first electronic circuit in which all of the components, both
active and passive, were fabricated in a single piece of semiconductor
material half the size of a paper clip. The successful laboratory
demonstration of that first simple microchip on September 12, 1958,
made history.
Jack Kilby went on to pioneer military, industrial, and commercial
applications of microchip technology. He headed teams that built both
the first military system and the first computer incorporating
integrated circuits. He later co-invented both the hand-held
calculator and the thermal printer that was used in portable data
terminals.
In 1970, he took a leave of absence from TI to work as an independent
inventor. He explored, among other subjects, the use of silicon
technology for generating electrical power from sunlight.
From 1978 to 1984, he held the position of Distinguished Professor of
Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Mr. Kilby officially
retired from TI in 1983, but he maintained a significant involvement
with the company throughout his life.
Jack Kilby is the recipient of two of the USA's most prestigious
honors in science and engineering. In 1970, in a White House ceremony,
he received the National Medal of Science. In 1982, he was inducted
into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, taking his place alongside
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and the Wright Brothers in the annals of
American innovation.
Mr. Kilby holds over 60 U.S. patents. He is a Fellow of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the
National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He has been awarded the
Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal, the NAE's Vladimir
Zworykin Award, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Holley
Medal, the IEEE's Medal of Honor, the Charles Stark Draper Prize
administered by the NAE, the Cledo Brunetti Award, and the David
Sarnoff Award. On the 30th anniversary of the invention of the
integrated circuit, the Governor of Texas dedicated an official Texas
historical marker near the site of the TI laboratory where Mr. Kilby
did his work. In 2000, Jack Kilby was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physics for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit.
From Jack Kilby's first simple circuit has grown a worldwide
integrated circuit market whose sales in 2004 totaled $179 billion.
These components supported a 2004 worldwide electronic endequipment
market of $1,186 billion. Such is the power of one idea to change the
world (via Dec MW News via DXLD)
THALES SET TO SELL ITS BROADCAST MEDIA BUSINESS - report
French media and entertainment group Thomson is in advanced talks over
buying Thales Broadcast Media, which deals in the radio and television
transmitter business, according to a report in La Tribune. The
newspaper says that Thales announced its plan to sell the division at
a board meeting last week. Thales Broadcast Media employs around 600
staff. It has been the subject of some international controversy
recently, as some of the equipment it sold to China has been used for
jamming. Officials at Thomson and Thales could not be immediately
reached for comment.
# posted by Andy @ 16:32 Nov 29 (Media Network blog via DXLD)
PROPAGATION
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LUXEMBOURG EFFECT ON 648 KHZ IN SOUTHERN GERMANY
648 kHz BBCWS VT / Merlin Orfordness usually has a weak signal in
southern Germany, south and east of Frankfurt/M - Heidelberg line.
During our present winter condition I noted BBCWS 648 kHz carrying
also a second program co-channel in the background this morning 0600-
0800 UT. Signal strength of an obviously French language program was
as a third of the BBCWS program.
I started investigating for \\ French language channels, like 161,
216, 234, 603, 765, 792, 837, 864, 1278, 1404, 1494, and 1557 kHz.
The RTL French program on longwave 234 kHz fit, the effect was caused
by the powerful Luxembourg longwave transmitter modifying the radio
propagation characteristics of the ionosphere on the 648 kHz MW
channel, - at my place!
In GDR era in 1970 to 1990year, I noted usually a mixture of 1000 kW
station Burg on 783 kHz, mixed up with 750 kW DLF Mainflingen station
program in the background. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 29, mwdx yg
via DXLD)
# # # # #
In the early 1930s a high power radio broadcasting station was built
in Luxembourg. Tellegen (1933) reported that the modulation of the
Luxembourg station could be heard in the background of a programme
transmitted from Beromünster and received at Eindhoven. Soon after,
Bailey and Martyn (1934) suggested that the effect was caused by the
powerful Luxembourg transmitter modifying the radio propagation
characteristics of the ionosphere. When the Beromünster signal passed
through this region its propagation was affected by the modified
ionospheric conditions, and in this way amplitude modulation from the
Luxembourg signal was transferred to the Beromunster signal.
The ionosphere as a plasma laboratory. The Luxembourg effect became
known as cross-modulation ... [source? via Büschel, ibid.)
This effect I recently discovered on 270 kHz of Topolná CZ. Every
evening/night I hear DLF in the background. I live near Wiesbaden,
Central Germany.
It is most probably caused by the 549 kHz of Thurngau (100 kW) (near
Bayreuth) and lies 20km north of the line Wiesbaden - Topolná.
Thurngau is 230 km east of me, and there the 270 kHz signal gets
reflected, the total distance to Topolná is 702 km. Another
possibility would be 207 kHz Aholming (250 kW). It lies 90 km south of
the line Wiesbaden - Topolná but is located halfway.
The DLF MW Transmitter and 209 kHz are delayed by a satellite delay
compared to 153 kHz, and that delayed signal I hear on 270 kHz. I
checked 270 BLR and 261 Moscow & BUL but don't hear the cross-
modulation, those paths are further away from Thurngau and aren't
affected.
It would be interesting if others that are located north and south on
this same radius distance along this circumference to see how far the
effect is present. This would also help to identify whether 549 or 207
is the cause. The effect is easy to hear during the time pips. The
Topolná recption should be noise free, because with noise the effect
is difficult to notice. I used a tuned 1x1m frame antenna, so any
intermod of the receiver are ruled out.
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http://www.xs4all.nl/~aobauer/FTM%20Luxemburg%20effect.pdf
This contains detailed measurements made from across Germany to study
the Luxemburg Effect from the German Post Office in 1934/35, because
they were afraid that the effect would seriously hamper radio
reception. The article is in German and was scanned from a magazine.
Interesting: Its cost was 9 Pfennig then. You don't even get a stamp
for that nowadays.
They also did a test by transmitting a silent carrier in Beromünster
and listening to it in Berlin. They heard simultaneously on that
carrier Luxemburg and Droitwich and a few unID others. They also drove
from Trier to Berlin and made measurements on that route (Jurgen
Bartels, Taunusstein near Wiesbaden, Germany, ibid.)
The geomagnetic field ranged from quiet to unsettled levels at middle
latitudes, while high latitudes observed quiet to minor storm
conditions. Solar wind speed ranged from a low of approximately 325
km/s late on 22 November to a high of 500 km/s early on 25 November.
During the majority of the period, the IMF Bz did not vary much
beyond +/- 5 nT. At about 22/2100 UTC, ACE detected a weak shock in
the solar wind field. Following the shock, solar wind reached 500
km/s, while the IMF Bz generally turned southward to -7 nT through
early on 25 November. During this period, the geomagnetic field
remained quiet to unsettled at middle latitudes, while active to
minor storm levels were observed at high latitudes. Thereafter, the
field was generally quiet to unsettled.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 30 NOVEMBER - 26 DECEMBER
Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels. No greater
than 10 MeV proton events are expected. The greater than 2 MeV
electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels
on 01 – 08 December, and again on 22 – 24 December.
The geomagnetic field is expected to range from quiet to minor storm
levels. Active to minor storm levels are possible on 30 November –
02 December due to a recurrent coronal hole high speed wind stream.
Otherwise, expect quiet to unsettled conditions.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2005 Nov 29 1924 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
# Product description and SEC contact on the Web
# http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2005 Nov 29
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2005 Nov 30 80 15 3
2005 Dec 01 80 20 4
2005 Dec 02 80 20 4
2005 Dec 03 80 10 3
2005 Dec 04 80 10 3
2005 Dec 05 80 5 2
2005 Dec 06 80 5 2
2005 Dec 07 80 5 2
2005 Dec 08 80 5 2
2005 Dec 09 85 8 3
2005 Dec 10 85 10 3
2005 Dec 11 85 8 3
2005 Dec 12 85 8 3
2005 Dec 13 85 5 2
2005 Dec 14 90 5 2
2005 Dec 15 90 5 2
2005 Dec 16 90 8 3
2005 Dec 17 90 5 2
2005 Dec 18 85 5 2
2005 Dec 19 85 10 3
2005 Dec 20 85 5 2
2005 Dec 21 85 8 3
2005 Dec 22 85 10 3
2005 Dec 23 80 5 2
2005 Dec 24 80 5 2
2005 Dec 25 80 8 3
2005 Dec 26 80 8 3
(http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio via WORLD OF RADIO 1295, DXLD) ###